Category: Public Goods
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Better Public Bus Service Is a Public Health Measure
A new COVID wave, a new round of service cuts to public transit. The reasoning always seems common sense enough: between remote working, things being closed down, and aversion to … Keep reading »
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Demanding Answers from Ford: Ontario’s Long-Term Care and Hospital Crises
The Ontario Health Coalition issued a statement on January 13 demanding that the Ford government explain what it is going to do about the spiralling crisis in Ontario’s long-term care … Keep reading »
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Unions and Climate Change: Toward Global Public Goods
A Corporate-led Transition Can’t Deliver on Climate: Toward Global Public Goods COP26 convened at a time when vastly different visions of climate transition compete for supremacy. Large corporations around the … Watch video »
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Doug Ford’s New Long-Term-Care Legislation, Tolls for All of Us
Hope to live out your old age in dignity and comfort? Think again, after Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s “new” long-term-care legislation, Bill 37, was rushed through with furtive speed, just … Keep reading »
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Free Transit Movement Making Inroads
Late afternoon on December 9th, volunteers with the advocacy group Free Transit Ottawa stood near the doors of St. Laurent Shopping Centre, thrusting leaflets into the hands of people hurrying … Keep reading »
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Ford Government’s Response on Long-Term Care is a Travesty
The so-called “new” long-term care legislation introduced by the Ford government is scheduled for third and final reading in the legislature today and it will be passed by the Conservative … Keep reading »
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Protecting Seniors? Bill 37 and the Ontario Crisis in Long-Term Care
The ‘new’ Ontario Long-Term Care legislation, Bill 37 Providing More Care, Protecting Seniors, and Building More Beds Act, 2021, has been referred to the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly … Keep reading »
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Urgent Letter to Ontario MPPs Regarding the New Long-Term Care Act
Dear Members of Provincial Parliament, We are writing to request that you do not support or facilitate any plan to drive through the “new” long-term care bill with undemocratic speed. … Keep reading »
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Long-Term Care: Ontario Must Reinstate Annual Comprehensive Inspections
It has been a year-and-a-half since CBC exposed that the Doug Ford government cancelled the annual surprise inspections of long-term care homes after it took office in 2018 and 17 … Keep reading »
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Postal Banking: Public Banks that Do Not Only Serve the Rich!
On Wednesday, August 20, 2021, we caught up with Matt Corbeil and Geoff Bickerton, who both work in the Research Department of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW). Matt … Keep reading »
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Does Capitalism Make Us Crazy?
Does capitalism make us crazy? The short answer is YES! Life under capitalist rule is perilous. We can’t survive on our own, and we can’t rely on society to support … Keep reading »
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Hybrid Learning Is Not Learning: Cuts, and Educational Inequalities in Ontario
“Hybrid learning is not learning. It is a cheap cover-up for the fact that this government abandoned students in their time of need.” — Deborah Buchanan-Walford, Teacher. Let’s clear up … Keep reading »